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11.5: Solving Many Systems (at the same time)

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    Consider the Giselle example from above. Her earnings do not change (i.e. she makes $20 per hour as a carpenter and $25 per hour as a blacksmith). However, now she has worked two more weeks. In the second week, she worked for a total of 35 hours and earned $750. In the third week, she worked for a total of 30 hours and earned $650. How much did she work as a carpenter and blacksmith for each of those weeks? In other words:

    Week 1:

    \( c + b = 30 \)

    \( 20c + 25b = 690 \)

    Week 2:

    \( c + b = 35 \)

    \( 20c + 25b = 750 \)

    Week 3:

    \( c + b = 30 \)

    \( 20c + 25b = 650 \)

    Do This

    Write a \(2 \times 5\) augmented matrix representing the 6 equations above. Name your Matrix \(G\) to verify your answer using the checkanswer function below.

    #Put your answer to the above quation here
    from answercheck import checkanswer
    
    checkanswer.matrix(G,'a1e01de142199370be70131849fbf108');

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